SOUNDWAVES

ocean buoy → generative ambient
Primary Swell
Swell Height
1.0m
Swell Period
10s
Steepness
SWELL
Swell Direction
180°
Wave height controls the number of voices and how low the chord reaches. Swell period controls the rate of volume cycles. Wave steepness determines chord intervals — consonant for organized swell, dissonant for steep chaotic waves.
Secondary (Wind Wave)
Wave Height
0.5m
Period
8s
Steepness
SWELL
Swell Direction
180°
A second independent chord stack with its own interval selection and volume cycle rate, running simultaneously with the primary swell. Angle between primary and secondary swell directions drives subtle phasing between the two stacks.
Wind
Wind Condition
Wind Speed
5.0 m/s
Wind Gusts
180°
Wind Direction
Wind speed determines surface texture. Light wind produces clean tones. Semi-choppy conditions introduce amplitude tremolo. Choppy conditions produce inharmonic FM modulation. Wind gusts trigger brief melodic figures. Offshore wind at surf breaks overrides speed-based classification.
Sig Wave Height
Water Temp
22.0°C
Tide Height
1.00m
Tide State
Water temperature maps to the tonic pitch. Tide height maps to reverb wet/dry mix and delay time — high tide adds reverb, low tide is dry with a short slapback delay.
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